[HPforGrownups] Help! The twins and the bet

[Iggy McSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 87743

> kneazelkid wrote:
> >I can't find the answer by searching the posts, so I was hoping
> >someone could help me. It's driving me bonkers.
> >Question: In GoF, how did the twins know the outcome of the game? Has
> >this ever been decided? Did I just miss it?
> 
> Derek:
> It doesn't appear to be spelled out in the books.  Time travel is one
> common hypothesis.
> 

Iggy de-lurking for a moment here:

*sigh*  Or it could be that, as big a Quidditch fan family as the
Weasleys are, Fred and George would be willing to bet the odds on
figuring that Ireland was the better overall team, but Krum was the
better Seeker.

Considering Krum's skill, it's a pretty easy bet if you also look at the
team point records during the season... it's just that Fred and George
were the ones to work with the team *and* individual player track
records... and the only ones to trust their knowledge of the game enough
to make the bet.

(As for the time travel theory... I think people are reading too much
into a simple bet.  Any die hard sports fan would be able to calculate a
bet like that pretty easily.)


Iggy McSnurd

(PS: If the "Quidditch World Cup" video game I got for Christmas is any
indication, this would prove to be very true.  Krum has beaten my Seeker
every time I've played against Bulgaria, but I've won every game against
them by making a lot more goals.)